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to the encyclopedia of american women at war and her article in iowa heritage illustrated titled the election of julia addington, an accidental milestone in iowa politics uncovered this array of an iowa woman who was believed to be the first woman elected to public office in the united states. it's my great pleasure to introduce sheryl. [applause] >> it's a great honor to be part of the 2013 roosevelt reading festival today. for anyone who lives history, it's exciting to spend time in a presidential library and museum. but for a left-handed by reversible, it's especially gratifying to be here hide her. it gives me the opportunity to introduce the stories of some and visuals who like roosevelt showed courage and determination as they fought to overcome fascism and not the ascent to make the world safe for democracy. they did it with perseverance, resolve and stubborn resistance. off it with grace and dignity under unimaginable pressure. unlike roosevelt, the experience of these african-american women were generally ignored during the war years. largely forgot by the time we realized was runnin
to the encyclopedia of american women at war and her article in iowa heritage illustrated titled the election of julia addington, an accidental milestone in iowa politics uncovered this array of an iowa woman who was believed to be the first woman elected to public office in the united states. it's my great pleasure to introduce sheryl. [applause] >> it's a great honor to be part of the 2013 roosevelt reading festival today. for anyone who lives history, it's exciting to spend time in a...
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susana martinez was elect inside 2010. she's the first female golf -- female governor of new mexico. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> governor, on behalf of the state of new mexico, we welcome you. it's a pleasure to have you, and we're honored with your presence. >> thank you, lieutenant governor. thank you. thank you. please be seated. lieutenant governor, senate president pro tem, mr. speaker, democratic and republican leaders, esteemed members of the new mexico legislature, especially the new faces, honorable members of the judiciary, former new mexico governors and tribal governors, senator udall, senator heinrich, distinguished guests, my husband -- who got a little tired of making those bologna second witches and -- sandwiches and went back to work which makes me smile. [laughter] [cheers and applause] and my fellow new mexicans, it is an honor to join you for the annual state of the state address. and while today's mood is one filled with optimism and hope, it is also bittersweet. there is one very
susana martinez was elect inside 2010. she's the first female golf -- female governor of new mexico. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> governor, on behalf of the state of new mexico, we welcome you. it's a pleasure to have you, and we're honored with your presence. >> thank you, lieutenant governor. thank you. thank you. please be seated. lieutenant governor, senate president pro tem, mr. speaker, democratic and republican leaders, esteemed members of the new...
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it was until after election day. the other is the ozone national ambient standards, the nac standards. it affects everyone in america. the president tried to redo president bush's update of this standard during his first term but as the election neared and the cost of the regulation became clear, he completely punted the effort. now, however, we know that he is actively considering an update of this regulation that could lower the standard from 35 parts per billion to 60 parts per billion. this is on emissions. and this would put as many as 2,800 counties out of attainment. let me tell you about what that means. by the way, we have 77 counties in my state of oklahoma. all 77 would be out of attainment. it means country go out and recruit industry, you can't keep jobs that you have because you are out of attainment. that's an official standing. this would be 2,800 counties out of attainment in the united states of america including all of my state of oklahoma. but one thing that the environmentalists want that the pre
it was until after election day. the other is the ozone national ambient standards, the nac standards. it affects everyone in america. the president tried to redo president bush's update of this standard during his first term but as the election neared and the cost of the regulation became clear, he completely punted the effort. now, however, we know that he is actively considering an update of this regulation that could lower the standard from 35 parts per billion to 60 parts per billion. this...
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the employee o employer enters , elects the reference plan and designates a percentage of a premium that will be covered. and then creates -- but then creates a dollar amount made available to their employee for the premium support and whatever plan the employee chooses. that's the employee. a choice of any plan, any carrier at that level at whatever cost. and that is what is so great about new mexico health insurance exchange for small businesses. and their employees. choice can't choice and choice. you know what's even better? it works. and it's easy. i did it for my family last week, and it was like going down a water slide. there's even a calculator to help an employee choose the right plan based upon generalized use of healthcare and the path. i think the following quote from a small business in albuquerque and an attorney for employee sums it up best. quote, i was very pleasantly surprised. i thought it was good to be an administrative nightmare commander literally took me 15 minutes. they gave me a quote that would save me a thousand dollars over what i was paying. i thought this
the employee o employer enters , elects the reference plan and designates a percentage of a premium that will be covered. and then creates -- but then creates a dollar amount made available to their employee for the premium support and whatever plan the employee chooses. that's the employee. a choice of any plan, any carrier at that level at whatever cost. and that is what is so great about new mexico health insurance exchange for small businesses. and their employees. choice can't choice and...
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mohammed morsi was elected president in a democratic lek, his government was not inclusive, and it not respect the view of all jinxes. we know that many egyptiansing with millions of egyptians, perhaps even a majority of egyptians were calling far change in course. while we conot believe that force is the way to resolve political differences, after the military's intervention several weeks ago, there remain a chance for reconciliation and an opportunity pursue a democratic path. instead we have seen a more dangerous path taken through arbitrary arrests, a broad crackdown on mr. morsi's associations, and supporters and now tragically violence in sake of the lives of hundreds of people and wounded thousand more. the united states strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypt's interim government and security forces. we deplore violence against civilians. we support universal right essential to human dignity. including the right to peaceful protest. we oppose the pursuant of marble law, which is denying rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual fre
mohammed morsi was elected president in a democratic lek, his government was not inclusive, and it not respect the view of all jinxes. we know that many egyptiansing with millions of egyptians, perhaps even a majority of egyptians were calling far change in course. while we conot believe that force is the way to resolve political differences, after the military's intervention several weeks ago, there remain a chance for reconciliation and an opportunity pursue a democratic path. instead we have...
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i was first elected in 1976. i started going to all of the county courthouses in these counties in and i would get to the smaller communities. people would come. you remember that norman rockwell painting of a man standing at in a town hall meeting? it was like that. and telling you. i don't want to sound corny, but i can barely find the words to describe the genuine thrill in my heart that i felt when i was able to play the role of our founders carved out for a member of the house of representatives, listening to them, doing my best to understand what could be done to improve there lives, hearing their suggestions on what needed to be changed and then going to the seat of government in washington d.c. and fighting on their behalf and learning stuff that might cause me to of vote differently than they would necessarily expect and then going back and explaining why, telling them what i learned on their behalf. it was an amazing experience. honestly, again, i don't want to sound corny, but it just filled my heart w
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is this government elected and legitimate? >> the government we deal with has continued the unacceptable behavior received from tehran for some time. its refusal to abide by its international obligations and the presidency is on the protestant reaction to the election are very clear and remain the same. the issue is we have pursued a policy that is imposed upon the country the most severe sanctions in history significant economic consequences. we avert our international partners to bring about a consensus on iran's behavior that never existed in the past is not to have to increase the isolation that tehran feels. the president has made clear when it comes to iran's development of nuclear weapons that all options remain on the table. the window for diplomacy remains open, but it will not be open indefinitely. >> is it legitimate? >> it is the government we deal with. the government continues its obligations in that behavior is illegitimate. cheryl. >> two quick questions. one is the white house picked a date to release the pres
is this government elected and legitimate? >> the government we deal with has continued the unacceptable behavior received from tehran for some time. its refusal to abide by its international obligations and the presidency is on the protestant reaction to the election are very clear and remain the same. the issue is we have pursued a policy that is imposed upon the country the most severe sanctions in history significant economic consequences. we avert our international partners to bring...
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of pakistan but as a nuclear power and out to go through what we believe will be the first civilian election and hopefully peaceful transition of power they experienced post independent. it's a national security of afghanistan to bring the troops home and as daniel has spoken about it in our national interest. >> i only have a couple seconds left. speak to that, please. some of the same thing. it's in our national interest. if you look at the countries that were assisted by us they have become our major trading partners. we do the same thing. many of the countries that we arlping to they are going to be our major trading partners in the next 15, 20, 30 years. it's about creating jobs here and it's also about increasing the dividends and at the same time also helping those countries and creating the best partners in the future so it is in our national interest and it is about our security. it is about our prosperity. .. when i have the mother struggling to send her child to school, at the university, where they have to pay out of state tuition, and she said they can't do it. we have $41 milli
of pakistan but as a nuclear power and out to go through what we believe will be the first civilian election and hopefully peaceful transition of power they experienced post independent. it's a national security of afghanistan to bring the troops home and as daniel has spoken about it in our national interest. >> i only have a couple seconds left. speak to that, please. some of the same thing. it's in our national interest. if you look at the countries that were assisted by us they have...
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he of course ford lost the election. he went 0 to become mayor in corruption. there was a massive investigation in the early '80s. he characters like blackjack and were running around the city stealing manhole covers and city asphalt, cutting all kinds of crooked deals. selling city trucks to private owners. that's sort of thing. and there was massive corruption, and several people in the administration went prison. they never got to him because his top aid never ratted him out. went to prison himself. buddy was caught up in a personal marital dispute. he went through a nasty divorce. he basically suspected this businessman who was a friend of his sleeping with his wife and invited the man to his house and held the man prisoner for several hours, tortured him with a lit cigarette and try to hit him with a fireplace log and threw an ashtray at him. and charged with assault for that episode. that forced his resignation in 1984. that seems like that was the end of once promising political career. it was only the first act. he spend the next six years on talk radio
he of course ford lost the election. he went 0 to become mayor in corruption. there was a massive investigation in the early '80s. he characters like blackjack and were running around the city stealing manhole covers and city asphalt, cutting all kinds of crooked deals. selling city trucks to private owners. that's sort of thing. and there was massive corruption, and several people in the administration went prison. they never got to him because his top aid never ratted him out. went to prison...
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[applause] >>> the election is over and the president has been elected and the congress has been sworn in coming and we have basically what we have before other than the fact we spent $4 billion to have the president be reflected in the senate remain in one party's hands and the house to remain in on the republicans' hands. we have effectively gridlock. we have variations on the new terms like sequester. they call it the snow questor. we have things like the fiscal cliff that you would think you jump off of and the dying and now it is related to the inability to find a common ground on the budget so we are going from crisis to crisis and nothing really changed that because the beloved nation is divided on the direction we should take, and it is undecided as well. meanwhile, the power of compounding is not our friend. the recovery is the weakest that it's been in modern times. our entitlement programs everybody recognizes are on sustainable and grow in magnitude without change. regulations are outdated. they are complex, costly, and certainly creating way to much uncertainty. average oc
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elected to fractions. i met with my hero and he'd tell me about his vision transpire entrepreneurish. my government agencies. people in the building space. you get entrepreneurs building spaces and food, the government agencies. that's how we became sponsors. private companies. in 2004 an american aerospace engineer his design became very famous. so i go there. i'm very proud to say i had something to do with that. also my involvement, back into mine plan to space and ended up in russia. and i was there and had no idea that our good chance to fly the space. i was just given an opportunity to go. a lot of people may have said, what? we will what i do? spend six months in the cold, you know, winter moscow. just go there for no apparent reason. it was an opportunity is spend time with the astronauts. the same places that the first person who went to space, you know, resided. the russian space program compelled many of there. being there gave me that opportunity to be it the right place at the right time. unfo
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there are a lot of reasons that the election is important. i think that the tone that either candidate will take in office will affect what happens with education. i don't see a lot of difference in their policies. >> okay. how come you wrote about this "new york "new york times" magazine. having different tones, do you think it changes if he gets a second term? >> we talked about poverty over the last couple of years. i'd like to think about how they were doing poverty in 2007, he was elected to a second term. we all have high hopes for what could happen in the future. it is hard to say what will really happen. >> okay. i talked to the beginning about the scores. in texas, the student population grew twice that. the low-income population is 71%. the english language learning population grew 169%. these are the issues that we have to address in the state. i think you for joining us. [applause] >> on the next "washington journal", we will talk about gay marriage, guns, and immigration. and a new proposal to have nurses fill doctor shortages. l
there are a lot of reasons that the election is important. i think that the tone that either candidate will take in office will affect what happens with education. i don't see a lot of difference in their policies. >> okay. how come you wrote about this "new york "new york times" magazine. having different tones, do you think it changes if he gets a second term? >> we talked about poverty over the last couple of years. i'd like to think about how they were doing...
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we had such diversity in our way of being elected, but we all had obstacles. we all knew how to work together. we -- when we came together in the senate, we made a difference. because the men listen to us on women's health care. on the things that we knew we had credibility on, and every time the women of the senate, the violence against women act. not one woman voted against the violence against women act. republicans and democrats came together. there was some comprises to try to make sure that it was the right law doing the right thing. but when we came together, we passed legislation, and we talked about that to these irish women. the northern irish women, and that was the first book, "nine and counting" we had a sequel after others came to the senate. hillary clinton was elected, and of course, there was so much interest in her. we had a sequel to "nine and counting" we donated the one organization that we could agree was important for us to donate all of the proceeds was the girl scouts. and so they started a leadership group that was from the proceeds o
we had such diversity in our way of being elected, but we all had obstacles. we all knew how to work together. we -- when we came together in the senate, we made a difference. because the men listen to us on women's health care. on the things that we knew we had credibility on, and every time the women of the senate, the violence against women act. not one woman voted against the violence against women act. republicans and democrats came together. there was some comprises to try to make sure...
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what to the lama to just say in the election? yes, we can. they keep. [applause] [inaudible question] >> not everybody at once here. also, a realistic way of looking and immigration reform, feel free to say that i note that there are a lot of people who feel the way. >> would you talk a little bit about what happened to the factories that were around the border with the coalition for justice struggled? >> okay. the once took a couple of questions? here to give technology in a volatile up from. >> the results of the program. in 1964, 1965 when the program ended, what happened was there was a large number of people, they have been coming to the united states, new work. in the mexican government began what was the border industrialization program, the idea of which was to permit foreign investors to set up factories that would come on the one hand, use the labour and on the other hand, hopefully contribute some value to the mexican economy. so the border became kind of an exceptional place for a long time. in other words, a place where the normal rules did
what to the lama to just say in the election? yes, we can. they keep. [applause] [inaudible question] >> not everybody at once here. also, a realistic way of looking and immigration reform, feel free to say that i note that there are a lot of people who feel the way. >> would you talk a little bit about what happened to the factories that were around the border with the coalition for justice struggled? >> okay. the once took a couple of questions? here to give technology in a...
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you've had 50 elected officials in the state, democratic elected officials endorse the governor. not say they're going sit it out. but 50 elected democratic officials endorse the governor. can you tell some of the people out there who may wonder if you can't lead your own party, how old you lead the state? >> how long do i have? >> you have a minute. [laughter] governor christie represents the worst combination of bully and bossism. that motivated some of the elect the democrats to support him. witness the closure, the un explained closure going over the dw bridge. we have no idea why it closed. there's an investigation. and lo and behold the mayor is a democrat and he has not endorsed the governor. this governor accepted endorsement -- he embraced a political boss of you can have the endorse. somebody who use the campaign funds to take supporters to puerto rico to go to the super bowl. you're not interesting in cleaning up that "boardwalk empire" of new jersey. the back room politics. you're interested in getting their endorsement, getting the backing of the political machine, a
you've had 50 elected officials in the state, democratic elected officials endorse the governor. not say they're going sit it out. but 50 elected democratic officials endorse the governor. can you tell some of the people out there who may wonder if you can't lead your own party, how old you lead the state? >> how long do i have? >> you have a minute. [laughter] governor christie represents the worst combination of bully and bossism. that motivated some of the elect the democrats to...
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certainly during the last election. mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today. i look forward to hearing from mr. froman on how he will, if confirmed by the senate, carry out the duties of the u.s. trade representative. >> thank you, senator. mr. froman, before we begin its customary to ask nominees if they wish to introduce their family. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and ranking member hatch. it's my pleasure to introduce my wife, nancy, my children benjamin and sarah, our caregiver. i will ask the committee's indulgence today is vengeance last day of school so he may leave here in early and we'll see how there last but it is my pleasure to have them. >> do you mind standing so we can all recognize you? [applause] our roogood luck on your last d. knock them dead, okay? all right. our usual practice is to have your statement include in the record. if you just summarize it in about five minutes. >> thanks, mr. chairman, ranking member hatch and all the members of the committee, thanks for the kind introduction. i'm humbled by the conference president obama
certainly during the last election. mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today. i look forward to hearing from mr. froman on how he will, if confirmed by the senate, carry out the duties of the u.s. trade representative. >> thank you, senator. mr. froman, before we begin its customary to ask nominees if they wish to introduce their family. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and ranking member hatch. it's my pleasure to introduce my wife, nancy, my children benjamin and...
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his election was a first-ever democratic transition in that country from one elected government to another. it represents a sign of progress in pakistan. we discussed our trade economic and cultural ties and agreed to work together in extremism and tackling poverty in dealing with the issues that can fuel to power -- terrorism. building on -- i welcome and prime ministers commitment to working with afghanistan defeating terrorism across the region. mr. speaker let me turn to last week's european council. this was rightly focused on sorting out europe's economy is doing what we are doing in britain getting a grip on spending and supporting private enterprise to create jobs and growth. while spending the council finalized with the european parliament the seven year budget deal we successfully negotiated in february. this will create new possibilities between different years and between different budget headings but crucially the deal delivers for the first time a real terms cut on the credit card limit for e.u. spending for the next seven years. there was no change to that every deal except
his election was a first-ever democratic transition in that country from one elected government to another. it represents a sign of progress in pakistan. we discussed our trade economic and cultural ties and agreed to work together in extremism and tackling poverty in dealing with the issues that can fuel to power -- terrorism. building on -- i welcome and prime ministers commitment to working with afghanistan defeating terrorism across the region. mr. speaker let me turn to last week's...
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that's the election cycle. we invest in early childhood education. today less than in three in ten of our children have access to high quality. we have achievement gaps. we can fix this at the front end. make the right investment. make sure it's high quality. it's not a mandate to states. it's a option. i'm hopeful we see governors in a bipartisan way, republican and democrat, who are investing very significantly in early childhood because they get it. they understand it. we want to partner with states that that's are interested in investing themselves. >> gentleman's time has expired. just to comment, mr. secretary. i do battle with my own party on special ed as well. whatever those issues are, it doesn't change the fact that once again, the president has -- in my judgment ignored that what should be a commitment and obligation. thank you for being here it's been the center 6 intense scrutiny from the higher education scrutiny and members on both sides of the aisle and congress. as you know the court invalidated several of the regulations. yet you r
that's the election cycle. we invest in early childhood education. today less than in three in ten of our children have access to high quality. we have achievement gaps. we can fix this at the front end. make the right investment. make sure it's high quality. it's not a mandate to states. it's a option. i'm hopeful we see governors in a bipartisan way, republican and democrat, who are investing very significantly in early childhood because they get it. they understand it. we want to partner...
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polk in the election of 1844. a defeat which he never expected and, frankly, did not believe. and the defeat was probably caused by the fact that he was opposed to the war. unfortunately, henry clay not only have suffered through the defeat at his namesake and favorite son henry clay junior, like john j. hardin although he was awake, volunteered to lead troops into mexico. so junior becomes a leader, a kentucky troops, takes them down to mexico and he is killed at the battle of buena vista just like john j. hardin is. so henry clay has to face the death of his son in this war he did not believe in, and after his son's death, he becomes very religious. he gets baptized and he decides to make a speech opposing the war that helps to bring the war to a close. and clay's speech which is hugely important because reporters traveled over 100 miles to hear it, and the newly invented telegraph meant that within a couple days of the speech being uttered by him it was reported around the country. clay's speech really touched on all of those for a opposing the war. he talks about how immor
polk in the election of 1844. a defeat which he never expected and, frankly, did not believe. and the defeat was probably caused by the fact that he was opposed to the war. unfortunately, henry clay not only have suffered through the defeat at his namesake and favorite son henry clay junior, like john j. hardin although he was awake, volunteered to lead troops into mexico. so junior becomes a leader, a kentucky troops, takes them down to mexico and he is killed at the battle of buena vista just...
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i think you're starting to see a more confident voice from people of influence and also from elected officials. but no, it's not there the way it's been with other communities in our history, and certainly among american jewelry and their voice and their influence in the united states relationship with israel. >> [inaudible conversations] and also former -- chicago where i had the pleasure of meeting you in many occasions. my question is i haven't read the book yet. [inaudible] is becoming uprising and important and actually it will have a social political type of function and very different. do you see can that the middle class is an actor of political change? >> i i only touch on it lightly in chapter six. because the am bit of the book, the interest of the book, is most squarely on latinos in the united states who are disproportionately still working class and poor. when their demographic profile more closely resembles that of americans at large, i think the middle class will even more commit to its own, sure. it's happening now. it's happening already. and in the rest of the hemi
i think you're starting to see a more confident voice from people of influence and also from elected officials. but no, it's not there the way it's been with other communities in our history, and certainly among american jewelry and their voice and their influence in the united states relationship with israel. >> [inaudible conversations] and also former -- chicago where i had the pleasure of meeting you in many occasions. my question is i haven't read the book yet. [inaudible] is...
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it was an election year you may recall. i have always felt a little bit of unease by the willingness of the administration to capitalize on hey, i'm here for grading jobs in america, build it in america and all the right things, and yet really if were going to capitalize, if america is going to cap was on the promise of delivering this energy where it can be refined in mr. green stitcher, the rest of the pipeline has to be built. i don't know that i'm smart enough to do this. we will have figures coming up for the first quarter of this year. last quarter of lesher was pretty disappointed. i would just submit, if you were to subtract the texas component to the gdp for this quarter we just finished, the last quarter, i wouldn't be at all surprised if the country was not still in recession with negative growth into quarters, which is the definition. it's taxes or forwarding activities i in the energy field that of early prevented the recession it has been a game changer and if we really were serious about reemployment american
it was an election year you may recall. i have always felt a little bit of unease by the willingness of the administration to capitalize on hey, i'm here for grading jobs in america, build it in america and all the right things, and yet really if were going to capitalize, if america is going to cap was on the promise of delivering this energy where it can be refined in mr. green stitcher, the rest of the pipeline has to be built. i don't know that i'm smart enough to do this. we will have...
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so here we are after the election. you can even tell us what i'm going to raise taxes three times. $1.2 trillion in tax increases for obamacare. 600 billion in tax increases to avoid the fiscal cliff, and now you want to raise taxes yet again. how about the idea of trying to find some spending cuts that do not include the military, when you have these to choose from over the next decade. no more backwards bills. but the proposal on the senate floor and see how many senate democrats feel comfortable raising taxes yet again. after this, if you feel comfortable with cutting the government this way, then you have lost your way is much as the president. what happened with ronald reagan who said the federal government's responsibility above all others is the department of defense. what happened to that? well, i intend to get that party back. i intend to fight for the party of ronald reagan. we are going to explain to republicans and democrats alike what happened if we let sequestration go into effect. we are going to challen
so here we are after the election. you can even tell us what i'm going to raise taxes three times. $1.2 trillion in tax increases for obamacare. 600 billion in tax increases to avoid the fiscal cliff, and now you want to raise taxes yet again. how about the idea of trying to find some spending cuts that do not include the military, when you have these to choose from over the next decade. no more backwards bills. but the proposal on the senate floor and see how many senate democrats feel...
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obama won the election by giving out free stuff. since latino are the single beneficiary of obamacare because largest insured. is that fair? >> latinos don't free stuff. we work hard in this country. and we want jobs to continue to work hard. just like every other person. [applause] we don't want anything free. in fact, we have been denied many, many things because of our immigration status for many years now. you know, when president clinton made certain changes that denied, you know, legal imgrants certain benefits public benefits. we don't want free stuff. we want to be able to work. we want to be able to work in a way that rewards us. the middle class in the country has to be rebuilt. i have faith that it is through the latino working class we are going to rebuild the middle class in this country. this nation cannot survive and move forward and progress based on low wage jobs. if today we had kept up an index the minimum wage, it would be at $12.50 an hour. if we had index of minimum wage and kept up with the average wage of the
obama won the election by giving out free stuff. since latino are the single beneficiary of obamacare because largest insured. is that fair? >> latinos don't free stuff. we work hard in this country. and we want jobs to continue to work hard. just like every other person. [applause] we don't want anything free. in fact, we have been denied many, many things because of our immigration status for many years now. you know, when president clinton made certain changes that denied, you know,...
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of representatives, she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and three years later elective as the first woman to represent texas in the senate. she was elected by the chairman of the republican conference which means she is the only woman among the the top five leaders of the senate republicans. senator hutchinson leadership especially was notable in the relation to foreign affairs she serves as the share of the military construction subcommittee and subcommittee of the senate appropriations subcommittee and is the ranking republican of commerce subcommittee on aviation and is the chair of the transportation merchant marine subcommittee that enables her to set policies regarding the courts and security and we know how really important that is now. these are high-profile positions especially now. but senator hutchinson also worked for the groups and societies who are not in the power structure. for example as a member of the veterans affairs committee she fought for the recognition of the gulf war syndrome so they can receive treatment and she's the author of the fault legislation aimed
of representatives, she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and three years later elective as the first woman to represent texas in the senate. she was elected by the chairman of the republican conference which means she is the only woman among the the top five leaders of the senate republicans. senator hutchinson leadership especially was notable in the relation to foreign affairs she serves as the share of the military construction subcommittee and subcommittee of the senate appropriations...
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entrepreneurs and free enterprise and i love being in the private sector, i have to say. >> any future elected office for you? >> no, i love what i'm doing. i wrote books and i love doing that and i have pockets of things i love doing and i wouldn't trade it for anything. >> we have sam in silver spring, maryland. >> thank you. i just want to ask why the senator did not mention the atrocities against [inaudible] >> did he say atrocities against and against indians? >> just. >> okay, actually, some of the indians were very peaceful that of course the indians were reacting against them because the sellers were encroaching on their way of life and the way in which they had roamed. i think certainly we all understand that. and it has been written about and that was something that certainly had a hard history. and that is also a certain part of history as well. >> and richards, lady byrd johnson, and armstrong and barbara bush and laura bush and barbara jordan and that we are talking about the spirit that is brazilian with a positive attitude, shown in all of the women that you have mentioned. eith
entrepreneurs and free enterprise and i love being in the private sector, i have to say. >> any future elected office for you? >> no, i love what i'm doing. i wrote books and i love doing that and i have pockets of things i love doing and i wouldn't trade it for anything. >> we have sam in silver spring, maryland. >> thank you. i just want to ask why the senator did not mention the atrocities against [inaudible] >> did he say atrocities against and against indians?...
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so this election had great consequences. not a well known piece of virginia history, but it's critical and, again, a book i very much look forward to reading this summer. >> let us know what you're reading this summer. at least us @booktv, post us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. >> today, a forum looking at the state of the u.s. economy and the financial system. the national press club hosts the event. you can watch it live starting at 9 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> today the good jobs nation coalition hosts a discussion examining civil rights and economic inequality. the event is part of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. live coverage at 6 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> on c-span's end core presentation of "first ladies". >> garfield went to chicago to announce somebody else for president, so, of course, lucretia had no expect nation that over the -- expectation that over the next five months 17,000 people would show up on her property. that many people, obviously, unexpe
so this election had great consequences. not a well known piece of virginia history, but it's critical and, again, a book i very much look forward to reading this summer. >> let us know what you're reading this summer. at least us @booktv, post us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. >> today, a forum looking at the state of the u.s. economy and the financial system. the national press club hosts the event. you can watch it live starting at 9 a.m. eastern...
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within five years of a trendy as haiti's elected the state legislature in missouri. that kind of speed of immigration that we had with people were coming. he becomes fabulous a successful, and the release shortening the story in st. louis as the publisher of the post-dispatch and inventing a very new form of journalism. pulitzer is much like a modern-day surfer. and i mean by that is if you go to the beach and look out on the water beyond where the waves are breaking, you see men and women just battling the waves. one of them paddles with extraordinary speed, and because they perceive that little undulation of the water to be the best way of the day the others don't. they'd go see it. well, pulitzer signed an 18th-century tidal waves of social change that he was going to write. what were they? well, people were leaving farms and coming to cities and working in factories, becoming commuters . women made important economic decisions in the farms and are now becoming housewives. paper was being made with such strength out of wood, not cloth. the conductor printing press
within five years of a trendy as haiti's elected the state legislature in missouri. that kind of speed of immigration that we had with people were coming. he becomes fabulous a successful, and the release shortening the story in st. louis as the publisher of the post-dispatch and inventing a very new form of journalism. pulitzer is much like a modern-day surfer. and i mean by that is if you go to the beach and look out on the water beyond where the waves are breaking, you see men and women just...
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separated from state elections in new jersey. they made a conscious choice to only have state elections in odd numbered years because they did not want voters to be conflating federal issues and state issues. our framers in the 47th constitution emphasize that in their debates and discussions and i think my decision was faithful to the intent of the constitution. there are probably not a lot of people over those things that back then the decision is consistent with that and the 12 million-dollar cost while not insubstantial is i don't think something in a conflict of the $32 billion budget something that should sway us from the opportunity to getting a united states senator there as quickly as we can. [inaudible] >> i love being attorney general. it's a way having lived here my whole life a way to make incredible contributions to the staid. having been a prosecutor i felt comfortable doing the work but i think the experiences i have had and have had the good fortune to have allow me to do this job as well and i didn't have these
separated from state elections in new jersey. they made a conscious choice to only have state elections in odd numbered years because they did not want voters to be conflating federal issues and state issues. our framers in the 47th constitution emphasize that in their debates and discussions and i think my decision was faithful to the intent of the constitution. there are probably not a lot of people over those things that back then the decision is consistent with that and the 12...
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and what everyone pretty much everyone deemed free and fair election was elected back into mexico's white house. so could you give us a sense of how you as an other, someone who follows mexico as in mexican and an american but also as a reporter in your role in the "dallas morning news" how do you see this back? what has or has not have? >> i guess more than anything as a foreign correspondent it's meant a real effort on the part of the new government to try to change the narrative, to try to change the storyline from just violence to other aspects of mexico which i think is very, very. mexico also some very prosperous sides. there some prosperous regions like central mexico where he have the growth of an aerospace industry. one thing that's interesting i think i will always find interesting, someone who covers immigration and to see the big ties between texas and mexico. the number of times i talk to mexicans these days who are somewhat linked to the one labor market in north texas they say i'll ask, i said you plan to emigrate to the kind of like your grandparents or like her fath
and what everyone pretty much everyone deemed free and fair election was elected back into mexico's white house. so could you give us a sense of how you as an other, someone who follows mexico as in mexican and an american but also as a reporter in your role in the "dallas morning news" how do you see this back? what has or has not have? >> i guess more than anything as a foreign correspondent it's meant a real effort on the part of the new government to try to change the...
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well, we have an election two weeks from today, and american voters have a clear choice. are they going to vote for greater government support for such assistance? or are they going to let the private sector manage on its own? and i think there's an indicator of the right way to go, all we have to do is look at north dakota. north dakota where the unemployment rate is 3%, because of all the hydrofracking of oil and natural gas that is going on, on privately held land. every state wants to be like north dakota. and it's interesting that mitt romney would dissolve the decision as to whether to explore on land or not to the individual state, he let each individual state decide. so virginia, for example, the one to look for oil off its coast would be allowed to do so. that was revoked by the obama administration even though it was granted by the bush administration previously. alaska wants to do more oil exploration. everybody wants to get sources of energy in their state. so not going to be able to get the job of getting it out go but also to attract chemical manufacturing c
well, we have an election two weeks from today, and american voters have a clear choice. are they going to vote for greater government support for such assistance? or are they going to let the private sector manage on its own? and i think there's an indicator of the right way to go, all we have to do is look at north dakota. north dakota where the unemployment rate is 3%, because of all the hydrofracking of oil and natural gas that is going on, on privately held land. every state wants to be...
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and election year. it's not quite as wide as some other groups. i think that's one of the reason that greenberg and women's voices, women vote group are focusing on unmarried women because there it's an enormous gap. these are people, you know, that don't -- a lot of these folks do not follow politics avidly, and as a result it's a good group for democrats in a sen it's -- sense it's very e fecialt. -- efficient. they can move a bunch of numbers pretty quickly when you can get them to vote. when you have a group already voting in reasonably high numbers. african-american turnout doesn't trail white turnout much anymore. it's harder to move the numbers forward. i'm sure you know some term for that -- a technical term i don't. it's certainly the case. >> good morning, patty with target. could you discuss the drama becoming the wyoming race? sorry. [laughter] >> you know, i think i'm going stop answering questions from this little corner right over here. [laughter] you know, there are a lot of reasons why
and election year. it's not quite as wide as some other groups. i think that's one of the reason that greenberg and women's voices, women vote group are focusing on unmarried women because there it's an enormous gap. these are people, you know, that don't -- a lot of these folks do not follow politics avidly, and as a result it's a good group for democrats in a sen it's -- sense it's very e fecialt. -- efficient. they can move a bunch of numbers pretty quickly when you can get them to vote....
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in what everyone deems free and fair elections, elected back into mexico's white house. could you give us a sense of how you as an author and somebody who follows mexico as a mexican and an american but also as a reporter at the "dallas morning news" how do you see this? what has or hasn't happened? >> as a foreign correspondent it has meant a real effort on the part of the new governmengovernmen t to try to change the narrative, to try to change the storyline from violence to other aspects of mexico which i think is very fair. mexico also has some very prosperous sites. there are some prosperous regions like central mexico where you have the growth of the aerospace industry. one thing that's interesting that i always find interesting as someone who has covered immigration and you see the big ties between texas and mexico, the number of times i talk to mexicans these days who are somewhat linked to the labor market in north texas and they say you know what -- i will ask them do you plan to emigrate to the united states like your grandparents are like your father etc.? th
in what everyone deems free and fair elections, elected back into mexico's white house. could you give us a sense of how you as an author and somebody who follows mexico as a mexican and an american but also as a reporter at the "dallas morning news" how do you see this? what has or hasn't happened? >> as a foreign correspondent it has meant a real effort on the part of the new governmengovernmen t to try to change the narrative, to try to change the storyline from violence to...
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elections in pakistan. the end result of that election we know wasn't very good for pakistan. it left half the country. but this time things are different, and so there's an opportunity perhaps to build on this. however, some interesting things come to light. one, the punjab are going to be clearly in the control of the same party and this is not happened in a very long time. so it's a great opportunity to work together, because the punjab can be an engine of economic growth for pakistan. the other resource is that the pakistan people, surprisingly -- it is now largely confined to being a party -- and then the upstart, the part -- the party managed to surprise everyone by taking a large number of seats and in the urban areas. so, there is some galvanizing and new entrants into pakistani politics, which is likely to have an effect as we go forward. the shape of the new government is still being decided. relationships with neighbors are obviously going to be on the agenda. and we look forward to covering all
elections in pakistan. the end result of that election we know wasn't very good for pakistan. it left half the country. but this time things are different, and so there's an opportunity perhaps to build on this. however, some interesting things come to light. one, the punjab are going to be clearly in the control of the same party and this is not happened in a very long time. so it's a great opportunity to work together, because the punjab can be an engine of economic growth for pakistan. the...
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coke has been involved with getting various presidents elected beginning most notably with eisenhower who is a great buddy of robert woodruff, and then when jimmy carter was running for president coke was helpful to him. carter, when he was governor, called coke his state department because when he went to a foreign country, he could ask the coke people for the lo down on the politics and everything else. they would know better than anybody else. i thought i would mention that since i'm here. at the carter center. with that, i think i will turn it off and thank you very much for your attention this long. [applause] we have time for about ten or fifteen minutes. raise your hand and ask your question. begin there. >> you mentioned that coke zero had the original coke flavoring as opposed to diet coke, which does not. can you address why diet coke has more caffeine than coke zero? why more caffeine? >> look at the can. >> i didn't know that. >> he coke zero has 34 as does the drink you are drinking. >> i have no idea why. why? >> i think to keep the skinny folks jittery. [laughter] that
coke has been involved with getting various presidents elected beginning most notably with eisenhower who is a great buddy of robert woodruff, and then when jimmy carter was running for president coke was helpful to him. carter, when he was governor, called coke his state department because when he went to a foreign country, he could ask the coke people for the lo down on the politics and everything else. they would know better than anybody else. i thought i would mention that since i'm here....
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he and sam houston were best friends, bonded, and they were both elected by the texas legislature to be the first senators from texas after the ten years of the republic and texas came into the union. now, i'm going to digress for a moment and say texas did come into the united states first under a treaty because we were a nation, of course, and the treaty was signed. but they couldn't get the two-thirds vote in the senate to ratify the treaty. so president tyler said, all right, i'm going to introduce a resolution, we'll pass a law to let texas into the united states. well, john quincy adams who had come back to the house of representatives by then after being president filly bust withered -- filibustered the entry of texas into the united states for days on end every day. he filibustered until finally he was worn out, and at the end texas came into the united states by one vote in the house and one vote in the senate. so i like to tell my friends in texas when i'm going back and we've had all the wars that we've been fighting in the senate for texas that it's not new that they don'
he and sam houston were best friends, bonded, and they were both elected by the texas legislature to be the first senators from texas after the ten years of the republic and texas came into the union. now, i'm going to digress for a moment and say texas did come into the united states first under a treaty because we were a nation, of course, and the treaty was signed. but they couldn't get the two-thirds vote in the senate to ratify the treaty. so president tyler said, all right, i'm going to...
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we are getting close to the election season. election season goes on full-time it seems like. really i don't think we'll see the full focus of the elections until next year. i think there's an opportunity now that we've got the government shutdown behind us to deal with issues like gun violence, immigration. some of the other things that have been talked about for some time. it's again something we need to do. so i'm hopeful. i might just mention, there are other parts to this issue that might have some common ground that i failed to mention. one is the gun trafficking. against going from our country to mexico is an investment. -- our guns going from our country to mexico is an embarrassment. that our traffic laws that i think all sides should agree on that would make it harder for have these sales that quickly go to the games take her down to mexico. that's something that deals with law enforcement but it needs to do with law in the books and hopefully that's another one of the areas where we can find some common agreement. >> you mentioned statistics about the numbers of dea
we are getting close to the election season. election season goes on full-time it seems like. really i don't think we'll see the full focus of the elections until next year. i think there's an opportunity now that we've got the government shutdown behind us to deal with issues like gun violence, immigration. some of the other things that have been talked about for some time. it's again something we need to do. so i'm hopeful. i might just mention, there are other parts to this issue that might...
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moody is elected. what scorches to -- scope does he have for changing indian economic policy. >> i would say very substantial. the last two years the government has not undertaken any significant changes. it has also been stymied by the fact charges of corruption. one great being that -- i should condition fess that -- confess i'm from -- maybe an an ethnic mark -- just a bias. i don't have a vote and i don't write about the matter, but i think what is utterly incorruptible. the man who has never been accused of any act of corruption. just like the prime minister was. because he has not been forceful. this guy is forceful. a fantastic speaker. i didn't go in 2002 because -- he was wanting to honor me with two other people,, but i wouldnt go until the matter had been cleared, and now it's been cleared and he has been completely -- there's nothing against him on secularism and so on, and so i went there, and i found that he was really exactly like some of the best american politicians. excellent command
moody is elected. what scorches to -- scope does he have for changing indian economic policy. >> i would say very substantial. the last two years the government has not undertaken any significant changes. it has also been stymied by the fact charges of corruption. one great being that -- i should condition fess that -- confess i'm from -- maybe an an ethnic mark -- just a bias. i don't have a vote and i don't write about the matter, but i think what is utterly incorruptible. the man who...
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the idea that we went through an entire presidential election campaign last year, and neither candidate made a major speech on poverty. actually, one candidate did. he talked about 47% of the population. [laughter] but with that exception, neither candidate addressed the problem. obama started to calm made a very interesting speech at the 15th anniversary commemoration of martin luther's kings "i have a dream" speech and he did talk about poverty. he talked about the fact that if you're going to deal with the issue of social justice, he had a coal poverty in america but obama is now talking about it but the question is that it was political momentum behind it. it will result in the programmatic change. probably not unless people like you and me and everybody else that cares about the issue pushes it because the default is if you don't push it, it's easier not to talk about it. .. it is one out of every four american children is 4 and one out of three african american children. talk a little bit about child poverty and the impact of poverty on the lives of children in this country. >> gu
the idea that we went through an entire presidential election campaign last year, and neither candidate made a major speech on poverty. actually, one candidate did. he talked about 47% of the population. [laughter] but with that exception, neither candidate addressed the problem. obama started to calm made a very interesting speech at the 15th anniversary commemoration of martin luther's kings "i have a dream" speech and he did talk about poverty. he talked about the fact that if...
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senator barbara mikulski elected to the united senate in 1986. chef the first democratic woman elected on her own right and in her own right. [applause] we had the great privilege of being able to celebrate senator mikulski as the longest serving woman elected in her own right in the united states. [applause] these cay we -- these days we like to say she's the chair of the powerful senate appropriations committee. we like to say that in maryland. [applause] [laughter] she a champion of women. she is the dean of the women in the senate. she's a mentor for women in the senate, a mentor for women in the house. she truly does are inture us. you can tell that senator mikulski, when i first met her, the first shinning she shared with me was not the other stuff. she shared with me she was a social worker. i think it's fundamental to the way she thinks about the needs of women and families and all of our communities automatic across the country. that's the kind of leadership that she brings in the senate. she will tell you, but i'll do it too that when t
senator barbara mikulski elected to the united senate in 1986. chef the first democratic woman elected on her own right and in her own right. [applause] we had the great privilege of being able to celebrate senator mikulski as the longest serving woman elected in her own right in the united states. [applause] these cay we -- these days we like to say she's the chair of the powerful senate appropriations committee. we like to say that in maryland. [applause] [laughter] she a champion of women....
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america was about to elect or not elect a person of color as it president. what? then too an unsuspecting guest left the radio on. i learned that bombs were falling on the people of gaza. a mother unconscious herself lost fiver of her daughters. didn't i have a daughter? would i havemented to lose her in this way? wasn't if i mother eastbound if imperfect in the role? well, my curbs began to wobble. i had friends that became eggy and managed to stay eggy. i envied them. for me, the years following my 60th birthday seemed to be teaching me about something else. i could become like a child again and enjoy the pleasure of wonder of child experiences. but i would have to maintain the joy in the vis attitude of the actual world. a oppose to the meditative universe. any travel would take me to the travel in washington, d.c., where u knew barack obama would be inaugurated. they would carry me the morning after the festivity to far away burma. where i could wave happifully at the people who smiled back. they would take know gaza, and many writing about the palestinian-isr
america was about to elect or not elect a person of color as it president. what? then too an unsuspecting guest left the radio on. i learned that bombs were falling on the people of gaza. a mother unconscious herself lost fiver of her daughters. didn't i have a daughter? would i havemented to lose her in this way? wasn't if i mother eastbound if imperfect in the role? well, my curbs began to wobble. i had friends that became eggy and managed to stay eggy. i envied them. for me, the years...
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recall that the election of 1944 took place after d-day. we had soldiers on the ground in europe, and sailors on ships throughout the pacific. how could they vote? the roosevelt administration supposed that every soldier in the field, that is, soldiers who could not get absentee ballots, should be handed a federal ballot, they could fill it in, write the name dewey or president roosevelt as their preferred candidate for office. instead, a bill sponsored by james eastland of mississippi and john rankin of mississippi passed into law. and that bill was justified by eastland in the following way. these boys, hero, are fighting to maintain the rights of the states. these boys are fighting to maintain white supremacy. that's a precise quote stated on the floor of the u.s. senate. or hear one more voice. the great writer eb white, writing to the "herald" tribune in november 1947, a letter to the tribune in which he began, i live in an age of fear. and the last voice to begin my remarks belongs to dwight eisenhower on the day he was inaugurated in
recall that the election of 1944 took place after d-day. we had soldiers on the ground in europe, and sailors on ships throughout the pacific. how could they vote? the roosevelt administration supposed that every soldier in the field, that is, soldiers who could not get absentee ballots, should be handed a federal ballot, they could fill it in, write the name dewey or president roosevelt as their preferred candidate for office. instead, a bill sponsored by james eastland of mississippi and john...
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look at what happened in the last election, the republican party looked and said, afterwards, wow, we have to change the way we talk about immigrants because it's costingous votes. the fact of the matter is latinos voted overwhelmingly for democrats in the election, and a number of house races which were supposed to be tossups went to democrats because latinos in the areas voted 75% in favor of democrats. republicans are like we have to think of a new way to talk immigration, but there's an ongoing problem that people have, particularly in the areas talked about here which were once mexican and taken from mexico at the end of the war where the presence of mexican people make anglos feel uncomfortable, at least some anglos leading to an anti-immigration rhetoric. very good point. yeah? >> [inaudible] i'd like to ask you to comment in view of your observations on the antiwar sentiments that prevailed after the u.s.-mexican war, why there seems to be such popularity affiliated with the filibuster movement? william walker invaded baja? >> yes. that didn't go well. yeah, you -- >> all of t
look at what happened in the last election, the republican party looked and said, afterwards, wow, we have to change the way we talk about immigrants because it's costingous votes. the fact of the matter is latinos voted overwhelmingly for democrats in the election, and a number of house races which were supposed to be tossups went to democrats because latinos in the areas voted 75% in favor of democrats. republicans are like we have to think of a new way to talk immigration, but there's an...
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i think you're starting to see a more confident voice from people of influence and also from elected officials. but no, it's not there the way it's been with other communities in our history, and certainly among american jewelry and their voice and their influence in the united states relationship with israel. >> [inaudible conversations] and also former -- chicago where i had the pleasure of meeting you in many occasions. my question is i haven't read the book yet. [inaudible] is becoming uprising and important and actually it will have a social political type of function and very different. do you see can that the middle class is an actor of political change? >> i i only touch on it lightly in chapter six. because the am bit of the book, the interest of the book, is most squarely on latinos in the united states who are disproportionately still working class and poor. when their demographic profile more closely resembles that of americans at large, i think the middle class will even more commit to its own, sure. it's happening now. it's happening already. and in the rest of the hemi
i think you're starting to see a more confident voice from people of influence and also from elected officials. but no, it's not there the way it's been with other communities in our history, and certainly among american jewelry and their voice and their influence in the united states relationship with israel. >> [inaudible conversations] and also former -- chicago where i had the pleasure of meeting you in many occasions. my question is i haven't read the book yet. [inaudible] is...
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office and now for nearly 11 years that i've been in elected office. and my question is not so much on the project as much as it is on the process. you presided over a civil war review board on march 27, that resulted in the unanimous vote on the project i'm talking about. as you know this project has been long overdue in many of the new smart playing techniques that you discuss in your test like eventually applied to this study. so my question is, can you discuss the challenges that had led up to the delay in completing this and how your new planning techniques were applied to get over the finish line, ultimately leading to a planning award that she received for the project? and secondly do you think it can be used as an example for legacy projects going forward? >> thank you, congressman. yes, part of the delay was the funding stream that gaming for that particular project. it would start and stop 100,000, one year, 50,000 the next year, the following year wouldn't be any fund. so that cause a lot of concerns. another good portion of the project was
office and now for nearly 11 years that i've been in elected office. and my question is not so much on the project as much as it is on the process. you presided over a civil war review board on march 27, that resulted in the unanimous vote on the project i'm talking about. as you know this project has been long overdue in many of the new smart playing techniques that you discuss in your test like eventually applied to this study. so my question is, can you discuss the challenges that had led up...
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within five years of his entry into the united states elected to the state legislature of missouri. that kind of speed of integration we have in the nineteenth century when people are coming. she becomes fabulously successful and i am shortening the story in st. louis as the publisher of the post-dispatch and the in new form of journalism. let me give you a comparison. ricardo cate -- pulitzer is like a modern-day search for. you go to the beach and look, water beyond where the waves are breaking you see men and women paddling lazily in their surfboard, suddenly one of them paddles with extraordinary speed because they perceive that little undulation is going to be the best wave of the day and the others don't. pulitzer in the nineteenth century, tidal waves of social change he was going to ride. what word a? people were beating farms and coming to cities and working in factories, becoming commuters. important economic decisions on farms were becoming housewives. paper was being made with such strength out of wood, not clock, printing presses at high speed that became possible to pr
within five years of his entry into the united states elected to the state legislature of missouri. that kind of speed of integration we have in the nineteenth century when people are coming. she becomes fabulously successful and i am shortening the story in st. louis as the publisher of the post-dispatch and the in new form of journalism. let me give you a comparison. ricardo cate -- pulitzer is like a modern-day search for. you go to the beach and look, water beyond where the waves are...
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that this is a different election. when we told the respondents that a historic number of democratic women had been elected, 56% -- and keep in mind these are independent women voters, not democrats, not republicans -- 56% thought it would make a positive difference only 8% thought the opposite. and again, these are independent women. this is a call for women's leadership in this country. and we saw the gop agenda and they really did understand the harm that was going to do to our rights and freedoms that we have fought for for so long. and they reacted to read de reacted by sending a group of people to washington that they felt had the right priorities. and we asked women also about the problems they had with the candidates they voted against. why did you vote against these republicans? and it wasn't just the debt or health care or social issues. they were most concerned that these candidates were going to take america back to the failed policies of the past. these independent women across the country want to move for
that this is a different election. when we told the respondents that a historic number of democratic women had been elected, 56% -- and keep in mind these are independent women voters, not democrats, not republicans -- 56% thought it would make a positive difference only 8% thought the opposite. and again, these are independent women. this is a call for women's leadership in this country. and we saw the gop agenda and they really did understand the harm that was going to do to our rights and...
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a special election held in new jersey on tuesday, october 16. among capitol hill among the issue we covered eric holder, the attorney general testified today on his department's 2014 budget, fiscal year 2014 budget. he said as long as he's in office, the justice department will not prosecute any report are for doing his or her job in to the investigation of the leaks of secret investigation. that will be followed by today's irs hearing on irs conferences in the spending on those conferences. that house oversight committee hearing at 9:15 eastern on c-span. >>> the senate finance committee held a conformation for michael. president obama's pick for u.s. trade representative. if confirmed he'll oversee major trade negotiations with the e.u. e.u. and asia. it's an hour and forty five minutes. [inaudible conversations] shakespeare once said, thought can jump sea and land. end quote. nimble actions on the con flex world trade negotiations and enforcement. the nimbleness allows them to address the trade policy across the sea and land. it's effective.
a special election held in new jersey on tuesday, october 16. among capitol hill among the issue we covered eric holder, the attorney general testified today on his department's 2014 budget, fiscal year 2014 budget. he said as long as he's in office, the justice department will not prosecute any report are for doing his or her job in to the investigation of the leaks of secret investigation. that will be followed by today's irs hearing on irs conferences in the spending on those conferences....
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that interest in politics drops of red after the election. we went in and looked at the data from the web sites. i compared the point in the fight with that with the debt ceiling fight in 2011. the thing we found is more people were reading stories about the fiscal cliff at that exact point in that debate than they were in 2011, despite the fact that they had just gone through grueling election where no one wanted to talk about politics. it was right before christmas. that thereprised were not many people. i think it is indicative of a thet that is going on in public. i do think people are more engaged in politics than they have been in a few years. probably because they're frustrated. partly because they are able to see the people they see with and agree with and that keeps them more engaged. becomehts right now these life-and-death sort of deals. that gives me a lot of hope that we're finding a white, even if we do not understand how we're doing, it, people and keep them engaged with what is going on. i think one of the things that we try t
that interest in politics drops of red after the election. we went in and looked at the data from the web sites. i compared the point in the fight with that with the debt ceiling fight in 2011. the thing we found is more people were reading stories about the fiscal cliff at that exact point in that debate than they were in 2011, despite the fact that they had just gone through grueling election where no one wanted to talk about politics. it was right before christmas. that thereprised were not...
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he was elected to congress in 2004. according to a "the washington post" story transformed himself to a republican in addition to the budget committee he's currently a member of the ways & means and education and work force panel. so much for biography. now on to commune dane. no live blogging and tweeting. no filing of any kind while it's underway. there's no embargo when the breakfast is over. except c-span agreed not use video of the session for at least one hour after it ends to give those in the room a chance to fill. if you would like to ask a question do the traditional thing and send me a subtle signal. i'll call on one and all. we'll move to questions from around the table. thank you again for doing this. >> thank you, david, thank you to all of you for allowing me to join you this morning. i look forward to a good rep parte. i'll take a few comments and in the sense i'll the internal optimist. i believe things are possible, even in the town. thing are great opportunities from a budgetary standpoint, tax reform
he was elected to congress in 2004. according to a "the washington post" story transformed himself to a republican in addition to the budget committee he's currently a member of the ways & means and education and work force panel. so much for biography. now on to commune dane. no live blogging and tweeting. no filing of any kind while it's underway. there's no embargo when the breakfast is over. except c-span agreed not use video of the session for at least one hour after it ends...